Ali Riaz
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- Sep 15, 2026
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Democracy’s new challenges and the difficult road to transition (opens the original)
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This year’s International Day of Democracy comes with a sombre reminder that, for the past two decades, the world has been witnessing a continuous decline in democracy. Each year, the number of democratic countries is declining, with fewer countries allowing people to enjoy fundamental rights without hindrance, where liberty is not a distant idea but a reality in practice, where fear is not a defining feature of everyday life, and where participatory governance allows citizens to hold officials
25 years after 9/11, how did the ‘war on terror’ change the US? (opens the original)
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Today marks the 25th year of the attacks on the United States by the transnational terrorist organisation Al-Qaeda. In the past quarter of a century, the attacks and subsequent events have brought profound changes in the global arena and transformed the state and society in the United States. We witnessed the so-called Global War on Terror by the US and its allies leading to the invasion of Afghanistan, occupation of Iraq, decimation of the base of the Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, consequent prolife
Weighing Bangladesh's options in the Mecca treaty (opens the original)
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In the past weeks, intensive debate has ensued on whether Bangladesh should or should not join the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement (MJDA), a tripartite defence treaty between Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan signed on August 7. There are conflicting indicationson whether Bangladesh has been invited to join. While a press report suggests that it has been, Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman told the parliament that Bangladesh would consider it positively if invited. Statements of two state ministers
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